My ‘Vision’ of Amanda Brown and Trevin Hunte

A reader commented after Thursday’s show that Cee Lo shouldn’t have pit Amanda Brown and Trevin Hunte against each other in the battle rounds.

Great point, I thought. Stumble in strategy?

It got me wondering, how exactly did Amanda reach this point in the competition?

I went back online to the blind audition, which I had missed when it aired. Cee Lo was the only one who turned for Amanda, though it looked as though Adam regretted it given her flair at the song’s end. So not only did Cee Lo have her, he had her all to himself!

In a way this reader is right, from a “win the contest” standpoint, Cee Lo set himself up to have to lose one of his two best chances at winning.

However, had Cee Lo not done that pairing, the world would never have seen the amazing, truly historic duet they performed in their battle round, “Vision of Love.” I went back and watched it on YouTube. But I couldn’t watch it once. I watched twice. Okay, I confess. Three times. Right down to the oohs at the end, every note, every moment, was so heartfelt, passionate and powerful.

And clearly I’m not the only one lurking. The video had nearly one million views, and comments to the effect “Just here for my daily listen! I get goosebumps every time.”

Cee Lo, there’s at least decent odds that your team will “lose” this contest to Adam’s Amanda.

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